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No problems to report out there this evening. the roads are clear and no issues with the last few trains or buses this evening. Anyway, that's it from me tonight. Don't forget to join Ben and co. from 6.30am tomorrow. Good night

Well it's goodnight from me folks. Thanks for sticking around this evening. My colleague Micheal will be keeping you updated until 11pm tonight. Don't forget the breaking news team will be here from 6.30am tomorrow for all the latest news, traffic and travel. Sleep tight!

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Trinity Mirror Merseyside, the Echo's parent company, is one of the North West’s largest multimedia providers reaching more than 900,000 adults every month.

The Liverpool Echo, Trinity Mirror Merseyside’s flagship brand, is the area’s best-read newspaper including national newspapers.

The Liverpool Echo reaches 1 in 3 people in the area with a daily readership of more than 256,000* people.The Liverpool Echo website reaches 1.5 million unique users each month who look at around 8.5 million pages**.

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Alastair Machray

Alastair Machray was appointed editor of The Liverpool Echo in 2005 and is also editor-in-chief of Trinity Mirror Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. He is a former editor of The Daily Post (Wales and England) and editor-in-chief of the company's Welsh operations. Married dad-of-two and keen golfer Alastair is one of the longest-serving newspaper editors in the country. His titles have won numerous awards and spearheaded numerous successful campaigns.